Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 DEC 1969 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 63-9723 |
| C/n / msn: | 156 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tien Phuoc (Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Phu Cat Air Base (UIH/VVPC), Vietnam |
| Tien Phuoc, Vietnam |
The Caribou was hit by small arms fire. The pilot was wounded and unable to maintain control of the airplane. The Caribou crashed inverted into a rice paddy.
Events:
Sources:
» DeHavilland Caribou Roster
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
